When putting together your watch list, look for stocks with an 80 or higher RS Rating. Beam Therapeutics just cleared that benchmark with an upgrade from 78 to 81.
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This exclusive rating from Investor's Business Daily identifies share price performance with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The score shows how a stock's price performance over the trailing 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database.
History shows that the top-performing stocks often have an RS Rating north of 80 in the early stages of their moves.
Beam Therapeutics has climbed more than 5% past a 21.59 entry in a first-stage cup with handle, meaning it's now out of a proper buy range. Look for the stock to create a new buying opportunity like a three-weeks tight or pullback to the 50-day or 10-week line.
Beam Therapeutics showed 0% EPS growth last quarter, while sales growth came in at -28%.
Beam Therapeutics holds the No. 310 rank among its peers in the Medical-Biomed/Biotech industry group. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Halozyme Therapeutics and argenx ADR are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.
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